Setting Up A Permanent Spectrum Dell Ap Group; Configuring An Individual Ap To Run In Spectrum Mode - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Individual APs running temporarily in Spectrum mode while part of an Dell PowerConnect W AP Group set
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to ap-mode
Controller-level Spectrum Overrides (an alternative to creating new Dell PowerConnect W AP groups or new
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radio profiles for temporary changes)

Setting up a Permanent Spectrum Dell AP Group

If you have multiple supported Dell PowerConnect W-Series APs in multiple controllers that you want to run in
Spectrum mode over the long run, you create a special Dell PowerConnect W AP group and set up a profile that
is set to spectrum-mode and references the default Spectrum profile. Set up more than one profile if you want to
utilize both radio bands in Spectrum mode.
If you use an 802.11a or 802.11g radio profile to create a group of spectrum monitors, all APs in any AP group
referencing that radio profile will be set to spectrum mode. Therefore, best practices are to create a new 802.11a
or 802.11g radio profile just for spectrum monitors.
If you have Global Dell PowerConnect W Configuration enabled in AMP Setup > General, create the
configuration below, then go to the controller's group's Dell PowerConnect W Config page and select the newly
created Dell PowerConnect W AP Group.
Perform these steps to set the AP group to use the default Spectrum profile settings:
1. In Groups > Dell PowerConnect W Config, select Add New Dell PowerConnect W AP Group.
2. Give the new Group a name (like "Spectrum APs") and select the plus sign next to the 802.11a Radio Profile
to create a new radio profile.
3. Enter a name under the General Settings section of Profiles > RF > 802.11a/g Radio.
4. In the Other Settings section, change the Mode field from ap-mode to spectrum-mode, as illustrated in
Figure
Figure 109 Spectrum mode in Dell PowerConnect W Configuration
The above steps will use the defaults in the referenced Spectrum Profile. To change the defaults, navigate to
Groups > Dell PowerConnect W Config > Profiles > RF > 802.11a/g Radio > Spectrum and create a new
Spectrum profile with non-default settings. In most cases, you should not change the settings in the default
profile.
If all of the devices in this Dell PowerConnect W AP Group are managed by the same controller and you want to
temporarily override one or more profile settings in your spectrum-mode APs, you can set up a controller override.
To disable spectrum mode in this group, change the referenced radio profile back to default.

Configuring an Individual AP to run in Spectrum Mode

If you want to temporarily set an individual radio in an AP to run in Spectrum mode without creating or changing
Dell AP Groups or radio profiles, perform these steps to set up a Spectrum Override on a supported Dell
PowerConnect W-Series AP:
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109. Then select Save.
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